Yes my avatar is Raistlin...
I did like reading the legends about him and garamon his brother. And I especially liked how he in the end (after being seduced by the dark side for personal Power) made the right choice to sacrifice himself and face everlasting torture by takhisis Queen of Darkness for the good of the world instead of chosing to defeat her and become as a *** (driven by his ego).
Ahead of him, the Portal.
Behind him, Takhisis Queen of Darkness. Behind him, pain, suffering.
Leaning upon the Staff of Magius, so weak he could barely stand,
Raistlin kept the image of the Portal ever in his mind.
It seemed he had walked, stumbled, crawled mile after endless mile to reach it.
Now he was close. He could see its glittering, beautiful colors, colors of life.
Exultation ran like fever through his veins.
He had endured, he had survived.
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Good story it was indeed and very good inspiration... too